Trump to host embattled Speaker Mike Johnson as House swirls in...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is making a campaign pilgrimage to visit Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, a rite of passage as the embattled Republican leader positions himself, and his GOP majority, side-by-side with the indicted ex-president.
49% : The speaker's own political livelihood depends on support - or at least not opposition - from the "Make America Great Again" Republicans who are aligned with Trump but creating much of the House dysfunction that has ground work to a halt.
48% : As he runs to reclaim the White House, Trump has essentially taken over the Republican National Committee, turning the campaign apparatus toward his priorities.
43% : Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker emeritus, said this week on "The Axe Files" podcast: "The Republicans wanted Donald Trump for speaker.
35% : Trump could help Johnson by promoting the House's legislative priorities or, at least, not torpedoing them.
32% : Trump continues to insist the 2020 election was marred by fraud, even though no evidence has emerged in the last four years to support his claims and every state in the nation certified their results as valid.
27% : On the issue of election integrity, though, Johnson, who led one of the main legal challenges to the 2020 election won by Joe Biden, appears to be more aligned with Trump.
10% : Even still, Trump urged Republicans to "kill" a national security surveillance bill that Johnson had personally worked to pass, contributing to a sudden defeat that sent the House spiraling this week into crisis.
3% : Johnson needs Trump to temper hard-line Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's threats to evict him from office.

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